Simplified Schematic of the PARS system. Component labels are defined as follows: collimator (COL), polarizing beam splitter (PBS), quarter wave plate (QWP), dichroic mirror (DM), variable beam expander (VBE), beam dump (BD), objective lens (OL), long pass filter (LP), aspheric focal lens (AL), photodiode (PD), analogue high-pass filter (A-HPF), mirrors (M).